The consciousness of Li Wen under Meditation State sank deep into the soul, where a pale silver needle - Urd's Thorn - was rooted. It was suspended quietly in nothingness, its surface covered with fine cracks, as if it would break at any time. This artifact that symbolizes the "past" is Strategy Group's last trump card against Twilight of the Apocalypse, and it is also the key to her return.
The silver needle felt her will and began to tremble slightly. A cold white halo oozed from the cracks, spreading in the soul like a spider web. Li Wen felt a sharp pain, as if a force was peeling away her memory. Countless scenes flashed back in front of my eyes: the gray curtain of Amber Temple, the platinum pupils of the god, the furnace-like gaze of "Impurities", the moment when "Emerald Tablet" escaped from the palm... In the end, the picture stayed in the void, and there were countless threads floating in the void, and those threads connected all fates.
"Impurities" seemed to have noticed something. It suddenly stopped absorbing "Emerald Tablet" and turned its furnace-like pupils to Li Wen: "This is..."
Li Wen ignored its gaze, and the power of Urd's Thorn was awakening in her body. This artifact can change the "past". Although she cannot really exert its power with her current strength, and it may even burn her spirituality, she can still do it if she temporarily affects her destiny at the cost of it.
"Backtracking," she whispered in her soul.
Urd's Thorn deep in her soul suddenly trembled, and countless invisible threads fell from the void, penetrating her flesh, bones, and soul. That is Threads of Fate, the warp and weft that weaves the past and the future, the supreme authority that even the gods cannot fully control.
When Li Wen's will reached the void, the threads in the void suddenly tightened, and the entire silver needle groaned under the weight. But even so, the world is still affected by it. The runes on the surface of Emerald Tablet suddenly solidified, and the golden lines that were about to merge into the arms of "Impurities" receded like a rewinding tide. The candles in the palace began to burn in reverse, and the solidified liquid on the black pillars began to flow again, and even the furnace-like pupils of "Impurities" rippled.
Time is flowing backwards.
Li Wen suddenly opened his eyes and found that he was still reaching out to take "Emerald Tablet". The emerald gemstone tablet lies quietly in the palm of your hand, with a warm luster as the runes flow. On the other side, "Impurities" just raised its arm made of viscous liquid.
"You——" Its furnace-like pupils shrank violently.
It's fate! She changed her destiny!
It reacted immediately, and at the same time showed its power and wanted to directly kill Li Wen to the ground. But that is meaningless. While holding and using Urd's Thorn, Li Wen temporarily escapes from the grid of fate. Even the power of "Impurities" cannot lock her existence, let alone stop Urd's Thorn.
When time flows again, Li Wen has returned to the moment when he first got "Emerald Tablet". She clenched "Emerald Tablet" tightly in her left hand and held it empty in her right hand. "The Final Codex" emerged from the depths of her soul. The ancient book with vigorous power was suspended in front of her. The pages of the book automatically rustled in the absence of wind. Under the half-withered giant tree on the cover of the book, the girl's figure slightly raised her head.
The moment the two pieces of Supreme Artifact touched each other, the void suddenly became silent.
The amber dusk flows out from the title page of the original book, swallowing up the green halo in an instant. Emerald Tablet emits a clear buzz, and thirteen lines of cipher text mottos wrap around the gold-gilded cover of the Final Codex like a chain. All the pale candles on the palace dome were extinguished, replaced by amber stardust falling all over the sky, withered World Tree reflected in each stardust.
Li Wen felt two completely different forces intertwining and colliding in his body. "The Final Codex" represents eternity and end, while "Emerald Tablet" symbolizes creation and formation. The two should be mutually exclusive, but at this moment they are forcibly integrated under some higher-level power.
"No!"
"Impurities" roared deafeningly. The black slime under its feet surged and turned into a huge wave that covered the sky and rushed towards Li Wen. Countless faces twisted in pain emerged from the liquid, and they screamed with a sound that was enough to tear apart the soul.
Li Wen stood still. The power of Urd's Thorn allowed her to temporarily transcend the web of fate. The attack of "Impurities" passed through her body like a phantom. But the palace was not so lucky - wherever the black waves passed, the pillars collapsed, the dome shattered, and the crystals that imprisoned spirituality exploded, turning into a rain of light in the sky.
"Stop!" Its body suddenly expanded, and the black and sticky fluid broke the outline of the human form. Its skin continued to peel off, revealing the lava flowing underneath. Tens of thousands of red runes flickered on the surface of the lava, which was the most primitive creative power of Sage's Furnace. The entire space began to collapse, and blazing white flames poured out of the cracks in the void - a temperature that could burn concepts.
But Li Wen paid no attention to it, Urd's Thorn bloomed with silver light deep in her soul, and countless threads of fate suddenly appeared from the void, wrapping her into a cocoon. Lava and flames penetrated the silver cocoon, but they were like phantoms passing through nothingness. "Impurities"'s furnace-like pupils showed shock and anger for the first time. It discovered that all its attacks fell outside of "possibility" - this mortal actually anchored himself at the intersection of all branches of fate.
"Impurities" was completely furious. It tore open its own chest and took out a beating black stone egg from the body - if the highest result of alchemy is "Philosopher's Stone", then this is the highest evil result born together with "Philosopher's Stone", or in other words, the near-complete divinity that belongs entirely to "Impurities". The moment divinity appeared, everything in the entire palace began to lose color, and the space was like paper crumpled by invisible hands, groaning under pressure.
Li Wen felt dizzy. Even with the protection of Urd's Thorn, this level of power still made her soul tremble. She forced herself to stay awake. The fusion of "The Final Codex" and "Emerald Tablet" had reached a critical moment. Most of the emerald slabs turned into streamers, and success was only half a step away.
"Impurities" lifts divinity above its head. The black liquid rolled like boiling asphalt, and it began to recite some ancient spell. Each syllable caused cracks in the space. When this power was revealed, this independent world would be suddenly destroyed. Even if Mortal World is far away from here, it will still leave a huge and irreversible impact. This impact may cause some beings to notice it, but so what, compared to the importance of "Emerald Tablet", everything else is vain.
At the moment when destruction was about to come, "The Final Codex" stood up on its own. Under the half-withered World Tree on the book cover, the girl in a cloak slowly raised her head, with his pale fingers The tip brushed across the page, and the amber eyes looked at the collapsing "Impurities". Just the moment their eyes met, the lava on the surface of the dark existence suddenly solidified, and the runes carved by the sage exploded one after another.
The chanting of "Impurities" came to an abrupt end. Its furnace-like pupils dimmed instantly, countless cracks appeared on its black body, and golden liquid spewed out from the cracks. Every drop contained the infinite power of creation and destruction, birth and corruption. The golden torrent swept everything, the whole world began to fall apart, the flames turned into nothingness, and the void began to annihilate.
Even Urd's Thorn could no longer protect Li Wen. When destruction came, the last thing she saw was the moment when "Emerald Tablet" completely merged into "The Final Codex". The amber and emerald halos intertwined to form a perfect spiral.
Then everything fell silent.